Petoskey Stones of Michigan
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 9, 2014
Petoskey stones are composed of fossilized skeletons of Hexagonaria percarinata , a type of coral from coral reefs that once covered all of ...
Passage du Gois: A Tidal Causeway in France
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 8, 2014
Passage du Gois is a submersible causeway in the Bay of Bourgneuf, linking the island of Noirmoutier to the mainland in the department of Ve...
The Colossal Stepped Spillway of Robert-Bourassa Reservoir
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 8, 2014
The Robert-Bourassa Reservoir is located in northern Quebec, in Canada. It was created in the mid-1970s by impounding the La Grande River to...
The Kasubi Tombs of Uganda
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 8, 2014
The burial tombs of the Buganda Kings on Kasubi hill, in Kampala district, in Uganda, are a major spiritual center for the Baganda people wh...
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge in Iceland
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 6, 2014
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is a submarine ridge located along the floor of the Atlantic Ocean, that wraps around the globe for more than 65,000 ...
Osborne Reef: A Failed Artificial Reef of Discarded Tires
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 5, 2014
About 7,000 feet offshore of Sunrise Boulevard off the coast of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, lies an underwater wasteland of rotting tires. Thi...
Don Juan Pond: The Saltiest Body of Water on Earth
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 5, 2014
Don Juan Pond is a small, ankle-deep lake located in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica, nestled in Wright Valley between the Asgard Mou...
Longleat Hedge Maze: The Longest in The World
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 4, 2014
Longleat Hedge Maze is located in the garden of the English stately home of Longleat, situated adjacent to the village of Horningsham and ne...
Photos of Limestone Blasting by Naoya Hatakeyama
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 4, 2014
These pictures are part of a series called “Blast” taken by Japanese photographer Naoya Hatakeyama, who used remote-control cameras to captu...
Cryoconite Holes on Glaciers
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 4, 2014
Sometimes the surface of glaciers exhibit peculiar water filled cylindrical holes of varying sizes. At the bottom of these holes, there is u...
